Synonyms of the word

jape

• n. A joke or quip.
• v. (intransitive) To jest; play tricks; joke.
• v. (transitive) To mock; deride; gibe; trick; befool.

gag

• n. A device to restrain speech, such as a rag in the mouth secured with tape or a rubber ball threaded onto…
• n. (law) An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject.
• n. A joke or other mischievous prank.
• n. A convulsion of the upper digestive tract.
• n. (archaic) A mouthful that makes one retch or choke.
• v. (intransitive) To experience the vomiting reflex.
• v. (transitive) To cause to heave with nausea.
• v. (transitive) To restrain someone's speech by blocking his or her mouth.
• v. (transitive) To pry or hold open by means of a gag.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To restrain someone's speech without using physical means.

humor

• n. American spelling of humour.
• v. American spelling of humour.

humour

• n. (uncountable) The quality of being amusing, comical, funny.
• n. (uncountable) A mood, especially a bad mood; a temporary state of mind or disposition brought upon by…
• n. (archaic or historical) Any of the fluids in an animal body, especially the four "cardinal humours" of…
• n. (medicine) Either of the two regions of liquid within the eyeball, the aqueous humour and vitreous humour.
• n. (obsolete) Moist vapour, moisture.
• v. (transitive) To pacify by indulging.

jest

• n. (archaic) An act performed for amusement; a joke.
• n. (archaic) Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.
• n. (obsolete) A deed; an action; a gest.
• n. (obsolete) A mask; a pageant; an interlude.
• v. To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.
• adv. (African American Vernacular, Southern US) Alternative spelling of just.

joke

• n. An amusing story.
• n. Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.
• n. (figuratively) The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one.
• n. (figuratively) A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham.
• v. (intransitive) To do or say something for amusement rather than seriously.
• v. (transitive, dated) To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally.

laugh

• n. An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.
• n. Something that provokes mirth or scorn.
• n. (Britain) A fun person.
• v. (intransitive) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face,…
• v. (intransitive, obsolete, figuratively) To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant;…
• v. (intransitive, followed by "at") To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride;…
• v. (transitive) To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.
• v. (transitive) To express by, or utter with, laughter.

wit

• n. (now usually in the plural) Sanity.
• n. (obsolete usually in the plural) The senses.
• n. Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.
• n. The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.
• n. Intelligence; common sense.
• n. Humour, especially when clever or quick.
• n. A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, chiefly archaic) Know, be aware of (constructed with of when used intransitively).
• prep. (Southern US) Alternative spelling of with.

witticism

• n. a witty remark.

wittiness

• n. the quality of being witty.